1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 463 The Western Front Offensive
Fillmore did not immediately make a decision on the appointment and removal of Jackson, and to some extent, he has already expressed his attitude.

That is, he did not want to change the top commander of the front line during the war. He called Liang Yao for advice under the pressure of the Ministry of War.

To be honest, Liang Yao really wanted the command of the Southern Army.

It's just that with the warlord style of each unit of the Southern Army, Liang Yao didn't think that he would do better than Jackson after taking Jackson's position, and be able to command tens of thousands of Southern Army.

If he rashly becomes the commander-in-chief of the Southern Army, it will only be counterproductive.

After careful consideration and careful consideration of the telegram, Liang Yao's final call back to Fillmore was that Jackson was not responsible for the defeat. Jackson had made outstanding achievements in attacking ink, and it could not be caused by the greedy advance of a very few troops. After a small defeat, he made a risky decision to replace the supreme commander.

Liang Yao set the tone for the destruction of the Arkansas regiment as a small defeat, and he wanted to temporarily stabilize the hearts of the people behind.

To express support for Jackson to continue serving as the supreme commander of the Confederate Army on the Eastern Front is to sell Jackson a favor.

With Liang Yao's call back to express his position, Fillmore barely blocked the mouth of the Ministry of War and let Jackson continue to sit on the front line.

A telegram can only temporarily block the crime of the Ministry of War.

The economic interests of Colima State have been deeply tied to California. The mine owners in this state are all members of the Coal and Steel Alliance. They have already stated to Liang Yao that as long as the Western Brigade does not attack Colima State, the armed forces in Colima State will Will remain neutral.

"Where is one of Colima's regiments?" Bell asked, pointing to Colima on the sand table.

Santa Ana deployed only four regiments on the Western Front and took a defensive position, concentrating the rest of the main force on the Eastern Front.

The main force of nearly [-] people quickly swept southward like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.

According to the telegrams exchanged by the Mexican army these days and the information collected by eyeliners, Liang Yao has obtained a lot of useful information.

"The Texas Regiment is willing to cooperate with the Western Brigade to fight. Let's make a battle plan. We urgently need a victory now, at least to open up the situation on the Western Front and share some pressure for Jackson."

The first to be conquered was the small town of Tepic.

However, in order to stabilize the rear and continue to support this dishonorable war, Liang Yao and Jackson must show results to silence the domestic anti-war opponents.

Bell had never fought such a rich battle before, and taking advantage of Liang Yao, who was taking advantage of it, to pay for the shells, he ordered the newly established artillery company of the Texas Regiment to fire at Tepic City vigorously, so that the artillerymen could practice their skills.

"Sure." Liang Yao said very firmly.

According to the combat plan, the three main regiments of the Western Brigade, the Texas regiment, as well as the cavalry battalion and artillery battalion all participated in the battle.

"However, the number of our regular troops is barely half that of the Mexican army. In addition to the new defeat of the Arkansas regiment, it may not be so easy to take Mexico lightly now."

Therefore, in the face of Stanford's door-to-door visit, Comez chose to avoid it for the time being.

Stanford is a very patient person. He found a hotel in Salina Cruz and stayed temporarily, waiting for the opportunity of the next door-to-door visit.

The uninterrupted shelling throughout the day made the defenders in the city panic, and this fragile small city was also crumbling under the shelling like landslides and ground cracks.

He asked the staff of the Western Brigade to gather all the information and make a very intuitive sand table.

"They dare not use their money to play tricks with me. I can give them what the Mexican government can't."

There is no problem with this tactic, provided that the four regiments of the Mexican army can complete the task of delaying the western brigade.

Bell frowned.

Comez has also grown cautious after retreating from a brutal political struggle.

The United States and California have always done a good job of infiltrating Mexico's intelligence, and even Mexico's telegraph companies are all American-funded companies.

Some big-hearted Mexican soldiers even started preparing dinner.

At the same time, Liang Yao made a battle plan.

The purpose of his visit here is to visit his business partner Comez, a former Mexican general frustrated in the political struggle and unemployed at home.

"You're so sure the Mexicans in Colima won't go to war?" Bell said with reservations.

Just 5 minutes later, I saw black American soldiers pouring into the city like a tide.

After receiving Liang Yao's telegram, Stanford took the steamer of the global shipping company to Salina Cruz, the Pacific port in southern Mexico.

Telegrams in this era do not yet have the concepts of military codes and civilian codes, and passwords and clear codes.

Thirty consecutive telegrams were sent to Colima and Guadaljaraja.

The dissemination of military information is also quite rough, that is, it is sent directly in plain code, and even the effort of deciphering is saved.

It was already [-] o'clock in the afternoon when the shelling ended. Half a regiment of Mexican defenders in the city let out a long sigh of relief when they heard the sound of artillery stopped, thinking that the American artillery had finally stopped and they could finally have time to rest.

Mexico's great victories on the Eastern Front inspired the whole country, and President Santa Ana's reputation also increased.That's not good news for Comez.

The troop deployment and main logistics points of the Mexican regular army are nakedly presented on the sand table.

The US troops attacking the city were fierce, and the opponent had no intention of leaving a way for the Mexican defenders in the city. In just one day, the US artillery unit fired thousands of shells into the city.

After being shut down, Stanford was not discouraged.

Half of the city's defenders were either captured or wiped out, and no one escaped.

Comez knew that this business partner came to him at such a sensitive time, obviously not to discuss business matters.

"Mexico's regular army has 3 people. As long as we can weaken the regular army of the Mexican army, we can weaken Mexico's war potential and achieve quick victory." Liang Yao talked to the sand table.

The morale that the Mexicans had just built was ruthlessly shattered by the fierce artillery fire.

"Although the Mexican army has a large number, they are mainly concentrated on the eastern front. The regular army on the western front is only four regiments, and the troops are relatively scattered. There are no cavalry regiments and no professional artillery regiments. I think we can serve Jackson on the eastern front." The general will share the pressure." Liang Yao expressed his thoughts.

"A regiment from Colima will not participate in the battle." Liang Yao said.

Their forces are relatively scattered. We can concentrate our forces and quickly eat up half of Tepic's regiment and half of Puerto Vallarta's regiment.Then surround Guadalajara. "

The Arkansas regiment was wiped out, and its leader was killed by an unknown junior in Mexico. This caused a great psychological shadow on the Southern Army.Bell also put away the idea of ​​belittling the Mexican army.

Then he freed up his hands to clean up Liang Yao's western brigade.

An hour later, the city of Tepic fell.

"Of the four Mexican infantry regiments on the Western Front, half were deployed in Tepic, half in Puerto Vallarta, one in Colima, and the remaining two in Guadalajara.

Mentally broken, the Mexican defenders who lacked heavy weapons were unable to resist.

When they learned that the U.S. troops on the western front were coming fiercely and stormed Tepic, the defenders of Puerto Bayar hurriedly asked for help from the nearby Colima and Guadajaraja.

Seeing that Liang Yao was so determined, Bell didn't say anything more, but just reminded Liang Yao to be careful, and at the same time he expressed his opinion.

Its purpose is already very obvious. It is nothing more than trying to hold back the Western Brigade on the Western Front and concentrate superior forces on the Eastern Front, hoping to defeat Jackson's Southern Army on the Eastern Front.

"It's better to be on the defensive. The devil knows what tricks these Mexicans are playing."

Colima's defenders were unmoved, but Guadajaraja asked them to stick to Puerto Bayar and delay the US military as much as possible.

After taking Tepic, half of the Mexican defenders in Puerto Bayar chose to abandon the city and flee to Guadaljaraja, seeing that there were no reinforcements to conquer the ground.

The U.S. military seems to have predicted that the defenders of Puerto Bayar will abandon Puerto Bayar. The Mexican army of this half regiment encountered a battalion of U.S. cavalry on the way to Guadajaraja. .

In less than half a day, the Mexican army of this half regiment was completely wiped out, and Puerto Bayar also announced a change of owner.

(End of this chapter)